http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Someone in the developing world - particularly in rural Africa - dies from a rabid dog bite every 10 minutes. http://www.physorg.com/news156089095.html Medicine & Health Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:05:39 EST news156089095 Researchers funded by the Canadian Cancer Society have discovered how certain messages that are carried within stem cells can trigger those cells to become blood cells. The findings are published online today in Cell Stem Cell. http://www.physorg.com/news155478166.html Medicine & Health Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:23:10 EST news155478166 Researchers of the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research have discovered a new way that bacteria evolve into something that can make you sick. http://www.physorg.com/news154027261.html Biology Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:21:32 EST news154027261 (PhysOrg.com) -- To boost our immune system, health experts remind us to get a good night's sleep, drink plenty of fluids and eat a well-balanced diet. Researchers at McMaster University have added a new finding to the list of ways in which we can lead healthier lives. http://www.physorg.com/news151940788.html Medicine & Health Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:47:07 EST news151940788 Researchers have discovered evidence that blue stragglers in globular clusters, whose existence has long puzzled astronomers, are the result of 'stellar cannibalism' in binary stars. In other words, binary stars are eating each other and turning into a blue straggler. http://www.physorg.com/news151160938.html Space & Earth Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:08:58 EST news151160938 One of the current handicaps of cancer treatments is the difficulty of aiming these treatments at destroying malignant cells without killing healthy cells in the process. But a new study by McMaster University researchers has provided insight into how scientists might develop therapies and drugs that more carefully target cancer, while sparing normal healthy cells. http://www.physorg.com/news150383139.html Biology Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:05:39 EST news150383139